Iraq Court Orders Arrest of Kurd Separation Vote Organizers

An Iraqi court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the chairwoman and two other members of the commission that organized last month’s vote for Kurdish separation, a judicial official said.

The court in east Baghdad acted in response to a request from the National Security Council headed by Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdel Sattar Bayraqdar told AFP.